Devon Miller-Duggan

Devon Miller-Duggan has had poems in Rattle, Shenandoah, Margie, Christianity and Literature, The Indiana Review, Harpur Palate, The Hollins Critic and has won an Academy of American Poets Prize, a fellowship from the Delaware Division of the Arts, and an editor’s prize in Margie. She teaches for the University of Delaware.

Her book, “Pinning the Bird to the Wall” was published by Tres Chicas Books in November 2008. A chapbook, “Neither Prayer, Nor Bird” was published by Finishing Line Press in 2013.

Read Devon's poetry:

• The Poem I Should Have Written First

• Physics

• His Ghosts

• On the Irrelevance of Memory

Miriam Sagan

Miriam blogs at "Miriam's Well" (http://miriamswell.wordpress.com) and is a text installation artist as well as a published poet.  She lives in Santa Fe.  

Read Miriam's poetry: 

• Representation

• working freehand

• Pearl Street

• Fortuna

Lisa McIvor

Lisa McIvor holds an MFA from Goddard College and an MA in Transformative Language Arts from Goddard College.   Her work is tinged with memory, yet conveys that rare mindfulness of life that resides in great measure solely with poets.   She shares vivid images of both interior and exterior landscapes to open our senses to the world and ourselves, inside our own bodies. 

Read Lisa's poetry: 

• Ablutions

• Mama Shoes

• Sleeping In Her Car:

• Wingspan—

• Butterfly Dreams

Michael Lee Johnson

Michael Lee Johnson lived ten years in Canada during the Vietnam era:  now known as the Illinois poet, from Itasca, IL.  Today he is a poet, freelance writer, photographer who experiments with poetography (blending poetry with photography), and small business owner in Itasca, Illinois, who has been published in more than 750 small press magazines in 27 countries, he edits 8 poetry sites.  Michael is the author of The Lost American:  "From Exile to Freedom", several chapbooks of poetry, including "From Which Place the Morning Rises" and "Challenge of Night and Day", and "Chicago Poems".  He also has over 70 poetry videos on YouTube.

Read Michael's poetry: 

• Willow Tree and the Rain Falls

• Sadly, We Die

• Turnip in the Still

• Road Buggies, Recession, Depression, Obama

Read Michael's poetry elsewhere:

• http://poetryman.mysite.com/.

• http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/promomanusa

• https://www.youtube.com/user/poetrymanusa/videos

• http://bookstore.iuniverse.com/Products/SKU-000058168/The-Lost-American.aspx

• http://www.amazon.com/The-Lost-American-Exile-Freedom/dp/0595460917

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Iftekhar Sayeed

Iftekhar Sayeed teaches English.  He was born and lives in Dhaka, Bangladesh.  He has contributed to The Danforth Review, Axis of Logic, Enter Text, Postcolonial Text, Southern Cross Review, Opednews.com, Left Curve, Mobius, Erbacce, Down In The Dirt, The Fear of Monkeys and other publications. He is also a freelance journalist. 

He and his wife love to tour Bangladesh.

Read Iftekhar Sayeed's poetry:

• the sound of darkness

• an opaque afternoon

Nina Longfield

Nina Longfield is a native of Oregon where she continues to reside despite extensive travels throughout North America and Europe.  She received her B.A. in English from Marylhurst University with an emphasis in writing and rhetoric.  She has published in MReview, Parable Press, Wolf Willow Journal, and Luxury Reading.

Read Nina's poetry: 

• Taleless path…

• Wish you were here…

• Gripped in grayness…

M. Drew Williams

M. Drew Williams is currently doing graduate work at Roberts Wesleyan College.  His poetry has appeared in a number of publications, and his echapbook "The Durability of Boredom" is forthcoming from Kind of a Hurricane Press.  He and his writing can be found at m-d-williams.tumblr.com

Read M. Drew Williams' poetry: 

• Old Man, Erased

• My Heart

• An Incorrigible Night

Valentina Cano

Valentina Cano is a student of classical singing who spends whatever free time she has either reading or writing. Her works have appeared in numerous publications and her poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Web. Her debut novel, The Rose Master, was published in 2014.

Read Valentina's poetry: 

• Becoming

• A Childhood Jigsaw Puzzle

• Observation

• For Two, Gone

• Anorexia and I Shake Hands

Lisa Paulick

Lisa Paulick moved to Brooklyn from Chicago eight years ago.  She received her BFA in creative writing from Brooklyn College.  As a preschool teacher, she enjoys reading many different stories to children. She has submitted her own children’s manuscript for publication and is in the process of preparing her poetry portfolio for MFA candidacy.

Read Lisa Paulick's poetry: 

• Object Permanence